Generals Die in Bed

In 1930, Charles Yale Harrison published a novel based on his experience with the Canadian Expeditionary Corps during the First World War. Generals Die in Bed was an international best seller but was severely criticized in Canada, where he was accused of unfairly painting a negative image of Canadi...

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Autor Principal: Martin, Jean
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Idioma:Français
Publicado: 2014
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spelling cairn-RHA_277_0058RHARevue Historique des Armées https://shs.cairn.info/revue-historique-des-armees-2014-4-page-58?lang=fr https://doi.org/10.3917/rha.277.0058 Generals Die in Bed Martin, Jean2014 fre Revue Historique des Armées | 277 | 4 | 2014-01-03 | p. 58-70 | 0035-3299 RHA_277100 In 1930, Charles Yale Harrison published a novel based on his experience with the Canadian Expeditionary Corps during the First World War. Generals Die in Bed was an international best seller but was severely criticized in Canada, where he was accused of unfairly painting a negative image of Canadians. Harrison is notably accused of outright inventing two events, one in Arras in the spring of 1918 and another in Amiens on the eve of the major battle of August 8, 1918. To this day, nobody has ever been willing to verify the truth concerning these episodes and Harrison is still too often considered a prevaricator in Canada. This article demonstrates that Charles Yale Harrison had in fact invented very little and that his 1930 novel was in reality a testimony to real events. He demonstrates the shortcomings in the command of troupes and their military leaders’ lack of reaction.Cairn restricted access
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description In 1930, Charles Yale Harrison published a novel based on his experience with the Canadian Expeditionary Corps during the First World War. Generals Die in Bed was an international best seller but was severely criticized in Canada, where he was accused of unfairly painting a negative image of Canadians. Harrison is notably accused of outright inventing two events, one in Arras in the spring of 1918 and another in Amiens on the eve of the major battle of August 8, 1918. To this day, nobody has ever been willing to verify the truth concerning these episodes and Harrison is still too often considered a prevaricator in Canada. This article demonstrates that Charles Yale Harrison had in fact invented very little and that his 1930 novel was in reality a testimony to real events. He demonstrates the shortcomings in the command of troupes and their military leaders’ lack of reaction.
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